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[deyt] / deɪt /








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Villatoro paid $20 to set up a date and followed the chatbot’s instructions to show up at a downtown bar.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

To limit lockup-related volatility, SpaceX plans to release some insider-held shares for sale across 10 distinct events, with the final date being 180 days after it filed its prospectus.

From MarketWatch Aug. 3, 2026

Farmer Conor McVeigh believes the skin test for bTB "is completely out of date".

From BBC Aug. 2, 2026

The Nazca Lines are a group of geoglyphs etched into the desert sands that date back to between 500 BC and 500 AD.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

Not the start of any fairy tale, but as a failed first-ever date.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Others have sent bots on dates before introducing the humans on which they were trained.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

It usually begins with years of playing club dates, then theaters and larger arenas, creating demand.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

She thinks this may have been due to budget constraints, but missed the islanders going on exciting dates and taking part in "fun activities or games" where you see their personalities more.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

The concept dates back to 1984, when French researcher Marie Françoise Rolland-Cachera and her colleagues described "adiposity rebound" in a paper published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

From Science Daily Jul. 31, 2026

“Feeling a bit of a cough coming on—bark! Woof! Pardon me—don’t tell me I’ve got my dates mixed up again. . . .”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood

A roadmap released by the Board of Peace and dated Thursday called for Israel to complete commitments to cease military operations in Gaza "without delay".

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

According to Trujillo, Quintero said he’d once dated Franco’s daughter.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

One section was dated to between 8,993 and 8,590 calBP.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Another letter dated a number of weeks later adds: "I always said I was a genius, but nobody listened."

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The moment Candace admitted she’s only seriously dated Black men, we all knew.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Some advice for modern dating: What would you do if your partner wanted you to move to a new country—but wasn’t willing to commit to marriage?

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

Tinder and Hinge say they will only implement generative AI in a dating coach capacity, giving users feedback on their profiles and suggestions for conversation starters rather than swiping for them.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Blair, whose IMDb site lists dozens of movies and television shows dating back to 1968, founded the Linda Blair WorldHeart Foundation in 2003 to rehabilitate and rescue abandoned and abused animals.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

In the southern part of England, July was the driest month ever recorded, dating back to 1836, with just 1.9 mm of rainfall, or three percent of the average figure, the Met Office said.

From Barron's Aug. 3, 2026

At this point, with the search for sunken vessels still in its infancy, Throckmorton was among the world’s greatest experts in dating the approximate age of a shipwreck.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler




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